With a deep digital marketing background,  Kat is currently the Director, Social Media & Commerce at Petco, where she oversees the social channels at the national pet retailer.

Her responsibilities include growing the Petco community, PetcoScoop blog, Facebook page, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and YouTube, as well as social video content and integrations. Prior to joining Petco, she held marketing roles with Microsoft Bing, led marketing strategy for all Microsoft business at a Seattle creative agency and led integrated digital initiatives for Fortune 500 companies in management consulting.

Kat is a went to school for journalism at the University of Missouri (Go Tigers!), is passionate about animal advocacy and a true pop culture and gadget geekinista who loves pushing boundaries in emerging technology. She is the proud parent of two furry children, Jdog, her 10 year-old foster-failure cat and Sookie, a 2 year-old German Shepherd and dingo mix rescue from Tijuana.